Carolyn and Brian Gordon's 1,100 square-foot houseboat is among about a half dozen the city has ordered to move by Nov. 30. They also built an elaborate deck with house plants and outdoor furniture.

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Ten days before boaters' deadline to evacuate downtown Jeffersonville's docks, a longtime houseboat resident pleaded with Mayor Mike Moore on Wednesday for more time to move their 1,110 square-foot boat to another marina.

Brian Gordon, who has lived there with his wife Carolyn for 20 years, declined to file an appeal to the city's Board of Public Works, asking the mayor instead for another month because they still need to hire a tow boat and downgrade the boat's electrical ...